Szabo Christopher Paul, Kaliski Sean Zalman
Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; email
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
BJPsych Int. 2017 Aug 1;14(3):69-71. doi: 10.1192/s2056474000001951. eCollection 2017 Aug.
Mental health law in South Africa has been dominated in recent times by the Mental Health Care Act 2002. This paper provides selective insights into specific aspects of that Act and highlights its impact on clinical practice within a broad clinical setting and in so doing suggests areas for review and revision.
近年来，南非的精神卫生法一直以2002年《精神卫生保健法》为主导。本文对该法案的具体方面进行了选择性的深入探讨，并强调了其在广泛临床环境中对临床实践的影响，同时提出了需要审查和修订的领域。
